Chapter 2722: Conversation by the window (Ⅱ)

"What's really terrible is that you don’t recognize your incompetence, or you recognize your incompetence but don’t feel angry and self-blame: admit your fate, numb, go to his mother, love it, lie down and laugh at it, and trample on it. Me, insult me, as you please, anyway, I have no self-esteem, and I don’t think of myself as a human being."
"Dr. Vader, this kind of zombie mentality, there is no anger, no pain, but what's the point of living like this?"
"Nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in the world. We live in an era of universal suffering but little happiness. I dare say that in this era, everyone who has not given up on life is a hero, and everyone is dissatisfied with himself. All of us are optimists. Thousands of ordinary heroes gather together to carry the heavy world together and promote our society to evolve in a more civilized and progressive direction."
His Majesty's tone is not impassioned, as if the calm river water is not rushing, but it enters the most subtle places of people's hearts, deeply touching Qiao An's thoughts.
"Your Majesty, thank you for your enlightenment. You said that you are not strong enough and that you are not good at comforting others. This is probably the most shameless and blatant lie in the world!"
Roland leaned back in the armchair when he heard Qiao An complain to his face and laughed.
The winter sun shining through the window slanted in, creating a light and shade of light and shadow on His Majesty the Emperor. He was just sitting by the window and chatting casually, but it made Qiao An feel like a classical oil painting.
"Dr. Vader, thank you for your compliments and sarcasm. I feel relieved to see you regain your spirits and still say witty words."
"By the way, you don't want to stay in the New World and participate in the War of Independence. Is it because you can't agree with the revolutionary program or certain actions?"
Qiao Ann nodded frankly and admitted.
"Your Majesty, in fact, you just asked why our revolutionaries refused to abolish the slavery system and live in peace with the indigenous people while publishing the "Declaration of Independence". The revolutionary slogan of'all men are born free and equal' is the revolutionary slogan and revolution. The discriminatory attitudes towards slaves and indigenous people are contradictory, and it is inevitable to appear hypocritical."
"It is this problem that I am struggling with. As long as the Continental Congress is still controlled by the slave owners, the Continental Army still refuses to give the black slaves who join the army the status of free men, and their righteousness is not strong enough."
"On the other hand, the old and new suzerain states of the colony of the New World, the Holy Ashen Empire and the Kingdom of Fichen, have both officially introduced bills to protect the rights and interests of the indigenous people, and have also formally abolished slavery at the legal level. Isn't this more than empty slogans? Of revolutionaries are more in line with the spirit of'freedom and equality'?"
"The revolutionaries in the colonies carried the banner of pursuing freedom to fight for independence. In fact, many people just made excuses for tax resistance. However, do people in a country really have the freedom to refuse to pay taxes?"
"If the answer is yes, then even if the revolution is victorious in the future and the colonies will establish an independent country, do people have the right to refuse to pay taxes to the new republic? If a government does not have taxes, it has no fiscal revenue. What can the government use to govern the country if it has no money?"
"Countless people shed blood and sacrificed to make a revolution, and finally came up with such a beggar government with no fiscal revenue and a vain appearance, and a weak government is destined to be unable to protect its citizens from the bullying of the powerful and foreign enemies. What's the point? The blood shed by countless compatriots for freedom and equality is not all wasted in the end?"
"Dr. Vader, you don't have to worry about it! After the founding of the New World, the new government will definitely embark on the path of gradually increasing its power, firmly grasping the taxation power and not letting go."
"The new government of the Republic, in order to build the country, the tax burden is likely to be heavier than in the colonial period, and the people must pay taxes in accordance with the law, otherwise they will be suppressed by the military and police, and the tax collection agency may even become the most powerful violence of the new government. mechanism."
Roland smiled and comforted Qiao An.
However, Qiao Ann didn't feel good at all!
The things Roland comforted him not to worry about were precisely the problems he struggled with the most.
"If we establish such a powerful government, does it mean that we have completely betrayed our beliefs and deceived the people who supported us to stand up for independence? What is the difference between a new government that has the right to use violence to levy taxes and the sovereign state? The sovereign state is even worse!"
"Because of these contradictions, I was unable to convince my conscience to devote myself to the Daoist independence camp. Of course, I didn't want to help the suzerain that invaded my hometown. I finally chose to escape. Only when the lives of relatives and friends are threatened by war, I can't. Don't interfere."
After a deep sigh, Qiao An continued: "As you can see, Your Majesty, I have made the best choice for myself, but this does not make me feel at ease. If my negative position makes me more capable The innocent people who were rescued could not be saved in the end. Looking back afterwards, is my inaction at this moment equivalent to condoning the killing, and my passive bystander at this moment, is it also an indirect accomplice?"
Roland listened carefully to what he said, and then he pondered for a long time.
"Dr. Vader, in fact, you don't need to think too much. Even the most wise person in the world can only make decisions that he thinks is right at the current stage of his life. Looking back afterwards, it is normal to find that mistakes have been made."
"The question is not how to make the right choice, but how to face the consequences of wrong decisions."
"Some people do not admit their mistakes and refuse to bear the consequences, while others can reflect on themselves and do everything possible to bear the consequences. I cannot guarantee that I will not make mistakes for the rest of my life, but I will use the second type of person as an example and strive to become a dare to act. "
Roland stopped to take a sip of tea, looked up at the young mage who was still thinking about it, and smiled slightly.
"Dr. Vader, your plight reminds me of a story I read in a book. Are you interested in hearing it?"
"Your Majesty, please speak." Qiao An replied respectfully.
"The story takes place in... a crystal wall system called'Ess Tianyu'. On a planet called'Blue Star', a war that swept the whole world broke out."
"The protagonist of our story... might as well call him Mr. S, a famous scholar like you, who teaches philosophy in a university."
"During this war, Mr. S's motherland was invaded by an enemy country, the capital was occupied, and the university where Mr. S worked was also closed down and classes had to be suspended."
"In this tragic situation of the fall of the motherland, there are still many people in the capital who are unwilling to be subjugated slaves. They secretly formed guerrillas and tried their best to resist the invaders. Mr. S also joined this kind of patriotic organization and took huge risks. During the war, use a pen and a gun to keep fighting."
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